My, or should I say our friend Judy has had a rough year so far because of the sudden death of her husband, Will.
And I wanted to do something for her so about a month or two ago I talked with her and she gave me the green light to get something rolling.
But then my Road Trip and Family Reunion Trip intervened......and then the health problem took hold of me so this all got delayed for a while. And then coordinating with Judy during this trying time of her life put us behind schedule some as well because frankly, she's got more important stuff to deal with lately than me! ;-)
So forgive me for being a bit late in getting this all finished and ready to launch.
As her regular readers and followers know already, Judy over at That's udy with a J had her husband Will pass away earlier this year suddenly and unexpectedly.
Not only did it leave her and the family reeling emotionally, but it left them in dire straights financially.
You see, Will brought in 75% of their income. With his death that income is no more and they are trying to live on the 25% that is still coming in from Judy's job.
Plus the life insurance Will had from his employment, which Judy thought was in place to get them over this stretch was not anywhere NEAR the amount that was needed. So not only does she have to manage going forward on 1/4 of their old income, she didn't have that financial cushion of life insurance to see her to a point where they could get through the first 6 months or so monetarily, so she has been behind the 8 Ball ever since Will was taken.
Anyway, here's the deal.
I've set up a page on the Go Fund Me site to raise cash for Judy and her family to get specifically her car payments caught up.
Please go visit it HERE.
Excuse my lame video but it's the best one of 5 I tried to make and at least I didn't break down into sobs on it.
Sally Struthers I'll never be....lol
Please, if you can afford it, consider donating something....anything. Even a few dollars would go a long way in helping Judy get caught up and continue to be able to get to her job.
I know many of us out here in cyper space are struggling with the finances but if everyone just gave $3, it could add up fast.
Now let me also say that this Go Fund Me thing does charge a total of 7.99% in fees from all monies collected to use their service.
So if anyone would prefer to use Paypal to send a donation that is also ok. Paypal only charges about 3% in fees. If you prefer to Paypal over some cash, just email that to my account which is under arcure@ptdprolog.net Be sure to clip a note to any Paypal sent donation so I know it's for Judy because I also receive eBay payments at that account.
And if you don't want Paypal taking a cut, there is the option of snail mailing me a money order(money orders can be purchases for about $1 at many stores). If you prefer to send a MO email me privately and I'll provide the mailing address/full name for you to send it off to.
I don't want to take personal checksd(or have Judy receive them directly) at this point as that opens me or Judy(depending on whom you make it out to)up to possible "bad checks" and having to pay hefty bank processing fees on them. I know no one would send a bad check on purpose but if you don't have overdraft protection on your checking account and you have an OOPS!, it could happen inadvertently and cost one of us $30 or $40 in fines. 8-)
Now, no matter if you are in a place financially that you can or can't donate to Judy's cause, if you could SHARE THIS POST AND A LINK TO THE FUNDRAISING SITE that would help immensely to spread the word across the web!
You can also share the link to the Fundraising page via FACEBOOK and TWITTER. If you have a large following/friend pool on either/both, Please share the link on those sites! It amazes me sometimes how far things can travel on the net.
And if you have a blog, PLEASE be so kind as to blog about this effort to help Judy on your blog(with a link to the Fundraising site page please), or at least post something on your blog linking back to my blog post.
I have already had one of Judy's loyal readers email me privately with a nice sized donation for her.
I'd like to say THANK YOU to this individual(you KNOW who you are!)and tell you that she approached me privately before she even knew about what we were working on behind the scenes here. This person has a good heart...... 8-)
And thanks for being the kick in the butt to finally get this finished..... 8-P
So that's it folks.
The gauntlet has been thrown down and the challenge started.
Let's get Judy a little pile of money love together, shall we?
I am sure I'll be bringing this all up again to nag everyone in the near future.
Again here is the link to the Fundraising Page..... http://www.gofundme.com/3u67fw
If you have any questions, thoughts or comments of your own, feel free to email me privately or leave a comment on this post.
Thank you for reading!
I know bloggers and blog readers are awesome people......don't prove me wrong now, ok?
8-)))
Sluggy
And I wanted to do something for her so about a month or two ago I talked with her and she gave me the green light to get something rolling.
But then my Road Trip and Family Reunion Trip intervened......and then the health problem took hold of me so this all got delayed for a while. And then coordinating with Judy during this trying time of her life put us behind schedule some as well because frankly, she's got more important stuff to deal with lately than me! ;-)
So forgive me for being a bit late in getting this all finished and ready to launch.
As her regular readers and followers know already, Judy over at That's udy with a J had her husband Will pass away earlier this year suddenly and unexpectedly.
You see, Will brought in 75% of their income. With his death that income is no more and they are trying to live on the 25% that is still coming in from Judy's job.
Plus the life insurance Will had from his employment, which Judy thought was in place to get them over this stretch was not anywhere NEAR the amount that was needed. So not only does she have to manage going forward on 1/4 of their old income, she didn't have that financial cushion of life insurance to see her to a point where they could get through the first 6 months or so monetarily, so she has been behind the 8 Ball ever since Will was taken.
Anyway, here's the deal.
I've set up a page on the Go Fund Me site to raise cash for Judy and her family to get specifically her car payments caught up.
Please go visit it HERE.
Excuse my lame video but it's the best one of 5 I tried to make and at least I didn't break down into sobs on it.
Sally Struthers I'll never be....lol
Please, if you can afford it, consider donating something....anything. Even a few dollars would go a long way in helping Judy get caught up and continue to be able to get to her job.
I know many of us out here in cyper space are struggling with the finances but if everyone just gave $3, it could add up fast.
Now let me also say that this Go Fund Me thing does charge a total of 7.99% in fees from all monies collected to use their service.
So if anyone would prefer to use Paypal to send a donation that is also ok. Paypal only charges about 3% in fees. If you prefer to Paypal over some cash, just email that to my account which is under arcure@ptdprolog.net Be sure to clip a note to any Paypal sent donation so I know it's for Judy because I also receive eBay payments at that account.
And if you don't want Paypal taking a cut, there is the option of snail mailing me a money order(money orders can be purchases for about $1 at many stores). If you prefer to send a MO email me privately and I'll provide the mailing address/full name for you to send it off to.
I don't want to take personal checksd(or have Judy receive them directly) at this point as that opens me or Judy(depending on whom you make it out to)up to possible "bad checks" and having to pay hefty bank processing fees on them. I know no one would send a bad check on purpose but if you don't have overdraft protection on your checking account and you have an OOPS!, it could happen inadvertently and cost one of us $30 or $40 in fines. 8-)
Now, no matter if you are in a place financially that you can or can't donate to Judy's cause, if you could SHARE THIS POST AND A LINK TO THE FUNDRAISING SITE that would help immensely to spread the word across the web!
You can also share the link to the Fundraising page via FACEBOOK and TWITTER. If you have a large following/friend pool on either/both, Please share the link on those sites! It amazes me sometimes how far things can travel on the net.
And if you have a blog, PLEASE be so kind as to blog about this effort to help Judy on your blog(with a link to the Fundraising site page please), or at least post something on your blog linking back to my blog post.
I have already had one of Judy's loyal readers email me privately with a nice sized donation for her.
I'd like to say THANK YOU to this individual(you KNOW who you are!)and tell you that she approached me privately before she even knew about what we were working on behind the scenes here. This person has a good heart...... 8-)
And thanks for being the kick in the butt to finally get this finished..... 8-P
So that's it folks.
The gauntlet has been thrown down and the challenge started.
Let's get Judy a little pile of money love together, shall we?
I am sure I'll be bringing this all up again to nag everyone in the near future.
Again here is the link to the Fundraising Page..... http://www.gofundme.com/3u67fw
If you have any questions, thoughts or comments of your own, feel free to email me privately or leave a comment on this post.
Thank you for reading!
I know bloggers and blog readers are awesome people......don't prove me wrong now, ok?
8-)))
Sluggy
